RES.15-003 | Spring 2016 | Graduate

Shaping the Future of Work (15.662x)

5.1 Emerging Models of Worker Voice and Advocacy

5.1 Emerging Models of Worker Voice and Advocacy

Given the decline in unions, what advocacy and organizing strategies are emerging? In addition to those covered in this week’s reading, we also consider efforts that are shaped by technology both in terms of work organized by technology as well as efforts mediated by new uses of technological platforms.

In the video below, Sloan PhD student Christine Riordan discusses emerging forms of worker organizing.

Video: Worker Advocacy and Technology

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